Identity
Person No.
32280
Service No.
84605062BT
Last Name
First Name
Michael Dennis
Initials
M D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Military Service
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,290
South African Defence Force
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,576
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, Buffel Troop Carrier overturned during a patrol in the Kubusi Forest near Stutterheim
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
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Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. J. Nixon, of North View Crescent, Vincent Heights, East London.
Research notes
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 17 May 2024: 84605062BT Lieutenant Michael Dennis Nixon, Kaffrarian Rifles, killed when his Buffel Troop Carrier overturned during a patrol in the Kubusi Forest near Stutterheim, age 25. Cause had Forrest — corrected to Forest.
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 17 May 2024: 84605062BT Lieutenant Michael Dennis Nixon, Kaffrarian Rifles, killed when his Buffel Troop Carrier overturned during a patrol in the Kubusi Forest near Stutterheim, age 25. Cause had Forrest — corrected to Forest.
- South African War Graves Project
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